This blog brings together opinions and analyses by human rights advocates
and scholars in Asia. Views expressed here are not necessarily those of
Asia Catalyst. We welcome submissions of 500-700 words to info@asiacatalyst.org
During the summer of 2008, I traveled around China meeting
with HIV-positive children to discuss the barriers they faced in accessing
treatment. Xiao Liu, a thirteen-year-old patient in a Beijing hospital, was one of the last
children I met. In his hospital room with green walls, Xiao Liu handed me a
notebook